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Headword: Κορβανᾶς
Adler number: kappa,2069
Translated headword: Korbanas
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Amongst Jews [the Korbanas is] the sacred treasury.[1]
"By spending the sacred treasury on an aqueduct Pilate provoked a riot. It brought down [water] from [a distance of] 400 stades. And he positioned troops and killed many [sc. Jews]."[2]
Greek Original:
Κορβανᾶς: παρὰ Ἰουδαίοις ὁ ἱερὸς θησαυρός. Πιλᾶτος τὸν ἱερὸν θησαυρὸν εἰς καταγωγὴν ὑδάτων καταναλίσκων ταραχὴν ἐκίνησε. κατῆγε δὲ ἀπὸ υ# σταδίων. καὶ παραστήσας στρατιώτας πολλοὺς ἀπέκτεινεν.
Notes:
[1] Also written Korbonas.
[2] Josephus, Jewish War 2.175-7 (web address 1); for this episode cf. pi 1595.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; military affairs; science and technology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 24 June 2005@07:39:52.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (added link and keyword, set status) on 24 June 2005@18:03:03.
Catharine Roth (added note) on 24 June 2005@18:05:02.
David Whitehead (tweaked tr) on 26 June 2005@05:05:08.
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